Cribs, the AJ Special

As I'm sure most kids around AJ's age do, he loves forts. AJ loves to be "under tent", as he calls it, and is just as happy with crawling toward our feet as we hold up the covers on our bed, as he is in his pop-up hut (which is like a fancy fort!). He pretends he is under water, crawling through tunnels, in houses, etc. and this is a great trick up the weary parent's sleeve...since it usually allows me several uninterrupted minutes of whatever.  (It doesn't matter what I'm doing, if I'm uninterrupted, it's a luxury these days!) 

Not so long ago, we realized that AJ's love of the fort could be combined with his interest in playing in his crib.  I anchored his blanket between the crib and the wall and made a "roof" on one half of the crib. He LOVED it!  It was so funny to watch him in there. He moved ALL of his animals (and he has a lot in there!) to the covered side and was in heaven hanging out and rolling around with them in his "house".  Here's a video of him with all his menagerie. He barely fits in there with them!

I liked how you can see his active nature in this shot. The mirror is kind of cool too since it gives you more of a view of the blanket overhead.

Here he is getting ready to duck down and crawl in.  I think this was shortly after he had assembled the party under there!